1. ANYONE asking you to confirm your account is phishing. NO legitimate provider will ask you that.
2. Asking you to download a file that you did not request is an attack vector that can even affect Macs. Either one of these should be the criteria for immediate deletion. To quote Agent Jay: No. No thank you. And…HELL no! Jonathan > On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Last night I received an email from Apple Support <[email protected]> > > It says: > > Dear Apple Customer, > > You have violated our terms and conditions of use, applied to our > service. > Your Apple ID needs to be re-validated. > Download the attached document to verify your information. > Failure to validate your account, your Apple ID will be block from our > server. > > Sincerely, > > Apple Support > > > There is a pdf attached. The email address from which the email comes seems > legit. But look at the last sentence of the message and the syntax suggests a > non-native English speaker. > > I find it difficult to believe this is real. What say you? > > Thanks. -- Jonathan Fletcher [email protected] Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group Next Meeting: 12/13/16 Sent from a device not known for spontaneous combustion _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
